Sink your sweet tooth into this taste-testing fest

United Way of Southern Chester County to raise funds with chocolate competition

Chocoholics rejoice: The First Annual Chocolate Lovers Festival will be held Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

A fund-raiser for the United Way of Southern Chester County, the festival will sweeten Kennett Square’s Red Clay Room, where professional and amateur chefs will compete for prizes and bragging rights to be dubbed “the best of southern Chester County.”

A $5 admission fee will enable the public to sample the array of offerings, which will include brownies, cakes, candies, cookies and cupcakes. Advance tickets will be sold online until 3 p.m. Friday. In addition, vendors will be selling their wares for Valentine’s Day shoppers.